Acting AG Blanche says Trump administration is nixing $1.8B 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
Blanche made the comments during testimony before a House subcommittee.
Acting AG Blanche says Trump administration is nixing $1.8B 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
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Acting attorney general says Trump’s $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund is scrapped
However, Todd Blanche said the IRS will still be prohibited from auditing Donald Trump, his family and related entities ‘Outright theft’: legal experts decry $1.8bn Trump anti-weaponization fund The federal government is abandoning an effort to create a $1.8bn secretive fund to compensate Donald Trump ’s allies, but is maintaining an agreement that prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from auditing Trump, his family and related entities, the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Tuesday. “We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche said during a House appropriations committee hearing on Tuesday. He later added that the department would continue granting immunity to Trump and his family members on tax matters before the agreement was reached last month. Continue reading...
Trump’s $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization’ fund scrapped, acting attorney general Todd Blanche confirms – live
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Trump administration drops $1.8bn 'anti-weaponisation' fund
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's announcement to abandon the fund comes amid pushback from top Republican lawmakers.
Trump administration scraps $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponisation fund’
US Justice Department, however, plans to keep a settlement provision to bar audits of Trump's past tax records.
Trump still protected from tax enforcement, but anti-weaponization fund is dead, Blanche says
The DOJ's $1.8 billion fund faced strong criticism because it could have compensated people convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Riot.
Trump administration scraps ‘anti-weaponization’ fund for compensating allies, Attorney-General says
U.S. President retreats from program that faced setbacks in the courts and fierce political backlash, says Todd Blanche
‘Outright theft’: legal experts decry $1.8bn Trump anti-weaponization fund
Critics from both sides and legal scholars say ‘slush fund’ is scheme that will help January 6 rioters A legal and political firestorm is growing over the $1.776bn “anti-weaponization” fund Donald Trump ’s justice department has launched to pay alleged victims of “lawfare”, but that ex-DoJ officials and legal experts call “corrupt” and a “slush fund” for Maga allies that benefits the president. Congressional critics from both parties and legal scholars have attacked the fund as an opaque scheme that will improperly help January 6 insurrectionists, some of whom said they intend to apply for grants, while echoing Trump’s false claims that Joe Biden’s administration was “weaponized” against them. Continue reading...
Trump drops $2.5b 'weaponization' fund plans amid corruption allegations
The US president has abandoned plans for a $2.51 billion "anti-weaponization" fund for victims of alleged government "weaponization", according to the acting attorney-general.
Trump administration drops $2.3 billion ‘weaponisation’ fund after Republican backlash
An agreement with Trump to bar future audits of his or his family’s past tax records will remain in place.
DOJ, amid uproar, says it will follow ruling that paused 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
The DOJ has issued a statement saying it will abide by a district judge's ruling that temporarily ordered the freezing of the administration's "Anti-Weaponization Fund."
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